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Introduction
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Overview
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Zope 2 is a free and open-source, object-oriented web application
Zope is a free and open-source, object-oriented web application
server written in the Python programming language. The term ZOPE is
an acronym for "Z Object Publishing Environment" (the Z doesn't
really mean anything in particular). However, nowadays ZOPE is
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Individuals who use of Zope's "out of the box" features to build
websites. This audience is interested in making use of Zope's
existing array of features to create content management solutions.
They will likely make heavy use of "through the web" scripting
using DTML, Page Templates, and Python Scripts as well as (of
course) HTML and XML. They are generally less concerned about code
They are generally less concerned about code
reuse than the speed with which they can create a custom
application or website.

*Developers*
Individuals who wish to extend Zope to create highly customized
solutions. This audience is likely interested in creating highly
reusable custom code that makes Zope do something new and
interesting. They will likely make heavy use of "through the
file-system" style development.
interesting.

*Administrators*
Individuals responsible for keeping a Zope site running and
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This guide is intended to document Zope for the second audience,
Developers, as defined above. If you fit more into the "user"
audience defined above, you'll probably want to start by reading `The
Zope Book <http://docs.zope.org/zope2/zope2book>`_ .
Zope Book <https://zope.readthedocs.io/en/latest/zope2book/>`_ .

Throughout this guide, it is assumed that you know how to program in
the Python programming language. Most of the examples in this guide
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started with application development.

*Components and Interfaces*
Zope use a component-centric development model. This chapter
Zope uses a component-centric development model. This chapter
describes the component model in Zope and how Zope components are
described through interfaces.

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